Quote Originally Posted by MargC View Post
Richard,

Since you ask, the history of the inclusion of non-FRA permitted races in the Calendar is as follows:-

  1. Until and including 2004 the FRA provided Permits and associated UKA insurance for all the races in the FRA Calendar including ones in Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales.
  2. Since 2005 UKA have not allowed the FRA to provide Permits for races outside England. Permits have to be provided by the relevant Home Country body affiliated to UKA.
  3. The FRA committee decided to continue to include race details for events outside England in the Calendar, for information only (see Organisers' Page on the FRA website) since they were of interest to members.
  4. Once it was decided to include events outside England which are not Permitted by the FRA it was also decided to accept other races in England that met the criteria of a fell race even though they are not Permitted/insured through the FRA. Such races currently include races organised by an orienteering club, a walkers' event that also has a race for runners, one or two races that obtain their licenses from RunBritain and a few events which obtain insurance from the WelshFRA (not affiliated to UKA). The WFRA is willing to provide insurance to members who organise races outside Wales.


At the beginning of the race section of the Calendar it explains that races Permitted/insured through the FRA are indicated by "(R)" after the name of the race. The FRA does not know the Permit/insurance status of other events and advises people to contact the organiser if they want to know.

Margaret Chippendale (FRA Fixtures Secretary 2003-2012)
I understand Margaret, but on point 4, especially with the safety review at hand I find it strange that th FRA will rubber stamp a race in which they have almost no say in the safety procedures.
Devolved responsibility of other associations in other nations is common practice, but you will not get UKA accepting a few long standing races with a tradition. They have to be permitted through the proper channels - full stop. They will not even show the results in the rankings unless they are permitted with UKA.

Richard Taylor (Quaver Protectors 1973-76 )